The Kamkars from the album Chant of Drums

From allmusic.com:

The Kamkars [...] fuse elements from their Kurdish folk music heritage with conventions from Persian classical music, using instruments from both. [They are a] family ensemble, consisting of seven brothers, one sister, and her son from Samandaj, in northwest Iran.

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How To Tell If Your Friend Is A Robot

I'm working on a post about AI and digital evolution. Until it's ready, here are some links to explore:

• I/O Brush: The World as the Palette
• One Man Band [quicktime video]
• Strange Musical CGI Plants [video]
• Todd Vanderlin's Blog - The 'via' for the above three links.
• Warbling whales speak a language all their own - If we can't even talk to the other animals on this planets, how could we ever speak with aliens?
• Graffiti Research Lab - Graf, the next generation.
• You Are I Am - I once had a notebook, where I would record my friend's answers to this very question. It ended up in a washing machine. Long Story.
• The script to the movie Waking Life - One of my all time favourite movies.
• In what language do deaf people think?

Also, I bought a DM2. Coupled with this dm2-to-midi program, I now have a great general purpose midi controller.

Updates Abound:

Shan and I recently bought a house. We moved in over the weekend. After a week off work (to facilitate the move) I accepted a full-time position with Norscan. Tonight we bring home our new puppy.

(A house-warming party is in the works.)

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• Who should we invade next? - A fake CNN reporter + un-suspecting Americans (video).
• Beer Mat Art via No Garlic Please
• DIY Bookbinding
• How to Create a Bonsai Tree
• Ferrofluid + Magnets = Crazy Cool Images (video)
• World's most complex hydroponics system?
• Under Odysseus
• Mark Ronson - Just High (video)

• saturday, march 4th, 2006
• galaxy skateland
• wpg.mb.ca